Semi-professional basketball player Keifer Sykes has signed his first contract with an NBA team as of Tuesday night. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the news via Twitter.
Sykes is most recently receiving acclaim for hitting the game-winning shot in The Basketball Tournament. This is a tournament made up of teams of semi-professional players in which the winning team receives $1 million. He hit a three-pointer to reach the 69-point score required to take home the championship.
Previously, he played in the NBA’s G-League, Korea, Turkey, Italy, China, Greece and Australia before inking this deal with the Pacers. The details of the 27-year-old’s contract have not been made public at time of writing.
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